Social Studies Writing

What three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution during Reconstruction?

• The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added.

• Three amendments were added to the U.S.

  Constitution during Reconstruction.

• The three amendments that were added to the U.S.

  Constitution during Reconstruction were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.

• Three amendments that were added were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.

Whose behavior was regulated by the Black Codes?

(Choose all correct answers.)

• The Black Codes regulated the behavior of former slaves.

• Poor white people's behavior was regulated by the Black Codes.

• The Black Codes regulated the behavior of free people of color.

• Creoles' behavior was regulated by the Black Codes.

Under the Reconstruction plan passed by Congress, who was placed in control of the former Confederate states?

• Slaves were placed in control of the former Confederate states.

• Under the Reconstruction plan passed by Congress, the federal government was placed in control of the former Confederate states.

• Under Reconstruction, the former Confederate states were placed in control of themselves.

• The northern states were placed in control of the former Confederate states, under the Reconstruction plan passed by Congress.

Who was the first African American elected to statewide office in Louisiana and to what office was he elected?

• P.B.S. Pinchback was the first African American elected to the Louisiana statewide office of Governor.

• Booker T. Washington was the first African American Secretary of State.

• The first African American governor was George Washington Carver.

• Homer Adolph Plessy was the first Secretary of State.

When Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was recognized as the winner of the 1876 presidential election, what did Southern Democrats receive in return?

• When Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was recognized as the winner of the 1876 presidential election, Southern Democrats received tax breaks.

• Hayes won the election and they got their freedom.

• When Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was recognized as the winner of the 1876 presidential election, Southern Democrats received the removal of federal troops from the southern states.

• Southern Democrats received what they requested in 1876.

Which of the following choices is the best choice for an opening paragraph, including a thesis statement?

• The truth of whether or not the reconstruction worked is a hard no as many problems occurred either with debt or the now free slaves. As African Americans didn't even get their full rights as whites did until the 1950’s to the 1960’s.

• After the Civil War, America needed to be rebuilt. During this process of Reconstruction, African-American lives were changed, but not necessarily for the better. Reconstruction was mainly a failure in regards to African-Americans in Louisiana because of Presidential Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Black Codes.

• Reconstruction was a failure to the African-Americans. Even though they had some good things happen, there were still some bad things too. During Reconstruction the country was trying to make amends after the Civil War was over.

Which of the following choices is the best choice for an opening paragraph, including a thesis statement?

• Reconstruction was a failure in regards to African-Americans in Louisiana because of sharecropping, black codes and White Supremacists after the Civil War.

• Reconstruction was one of the best things that happened in Louisiana. There are many ways to show how it helped and some how it didn’t. If reconstruction wouldn’t of happened we probably wouldn’t have some of the things that we have today. Another thing is that slaves probably wouldn’t have gotten rights.

• I think reconstruction was a success. I think it was a success because they would have not ended slavery. They ended slavery because they gave the slaves more rights. They started to trust the slaves.

Which of the following choices is the best choice for an opening paragraph, including a thesis statement?

• Reconstruction was a success in regards to African-Americans in Louisiana. In my 5-paragraph essay, I am going to be talking about how this reconstruction was a success and what it led up to for the African Americans. Many things happened after the reconstruction, some good and some bad, and I am going to be talking about that.

• Overall, Reconstruction was a big success when concerning freed African Americans. Three reasons why the reconstruction act was so successful was because it resulted in the creation of the 14th and 15th amendments, it suppressed white supremacy groups, and it helped support African Americans during their time of need.

• The reconstruction was a success because it helped blacks get homes and jobs. Also it helped them get schools and educations as well. Also it gave African Americans their rights and able to vote. Another way the reconstruction was successful regard to African Americans was the freedmen's bureau which helped the freed black after the war was over. Which gave them lots of help and got them on their feet.